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.HENRY- 'rsonnnN-ING, oF-rrnrinronfr, iLLINoIs, ASSIGNOR 'ro ARCADE MANUFACTUR- Ine COMPANY, or rnnnron'ig ILLINOIS; A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

MOP.

Application led- December 15, 1926. Serial No. 154,918:

My invention relates, more; particularly, to inops of the type comprisingl a handle portion carrying at one end a .head'connected therewith andi forminga stationary jaw and involving a bail-like movable jaw cooperating with the stationary jaw'andA between which the swab is rigidly held, one of the. 'objects 'of my invention being to provide 'a novel, simple and inexpensive construction of stationary jaw.;

My invention also relates, as to' another phase thereof, to a mop otthe'typeabove described and in vwhich Vthe movable jaw cooperatesiwith'a spring wliichsurrounds the handle andy is. engaged by a device which, when movedjtoone position, opens the jaws and when. actuated to anotherposition forcesv the movable jawtowards the hxedjawV by a yielding faction, whereby the aws accommodate themselves to swabs ot different thicknesses and firmly clamp thev same therebetween. In this connection it may be stated that the springs referred to, asmops ofthe general characterv above stated have hitherto been provided, are ofthevcoil type, it being the intention, in the manufacture of the.

inops, to hold the outer end of the coil spring in iixed relation to the head formi-ng the stationaryjaw, the opposite free end ofthe spring being engaged by the .device through the medium of which the bail-like movable jaw is actuated to dierent positions relative to the stationary jaw as stated, it being kanother object of my invention to Vprovide novel and simple means :tor preventing the coil spring from rotating on the handle por-l tion out of engagement with the fastening means at its outer end to prevent detrimental 'disarrangement of thek parts'of the con-` struction.

Referring to the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is view in front elevation of a mop constructed in accordance Vwith my invention, a portion of the handle being cut away and the swab omitted. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the construction shown 1n Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s an enlarged view'in longitudinal sectional elevation of. thedevice shown` in Fig. 1 with the handle portion shown in elevation. Fig. 4 is a `face view ofthe blank from which the stationary jaw ofthe mop is formed; and Fig. 5, a sectional view taken at the line 5 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

ln the construction shown-the handle, or

bar, portion of the mopl represented'at Grand ed" at its outerend-wth a head1 7 shown as formed of sheetqme'tagl and comprising the stationary oneV of thev swab-holding yjaws of the device, this jaw member being formed from'a. single'sheet of metal as hereinafter described and* presenting a socket portion formed of the'oppositelybent strapportions 8 and9at which the headfits over theouter end ofthelhandle 6. n vThe head 7 is held on the handle 6 by means of astaplelO which passes at one 'of itspjrongs through an opening 11 in the lower strap` portion 9,-of the h ead and extendsatfboth of its prongsinto the handle portion 6. v l

TheginovableV bail-like .jaw of the mop vis representedv atv 12 and AcooperatesY with` the Astationary jaw as in constructions asf hitherto provided, the rear arms ofthe bail, these. arms beingrepresented .at 13, beingi'connectn ed with a plate-like member 14v :which opposes aside of thevhandle Gland is transversely curved presentingV rearwardly eX-' tending ears 15 to which the amis-13 are pivotally connected, the forward `end of the plate-like member 14 being formed with a loop 16. The construction also involves a coil spring'17 which surrounds the handle is formed from a single sheet of metal .prefwhich' is commonly madev of wood, isprovidkportion 6 and is compressible ina `direction Y' 0 erably of the shape shown in Fig. 4 to provide the relatively deep notches 19 yat op'V posite edgesthereof, andthe shallow notches 20k in these edges, .the metal being slit along the lines 21 and 22. In forming' the head from the blank of Fig. 4, the metal between the slits 21 and 22 is bent to provide the strap portion 8 andthe metal at the oppoksite sides thereof'deflected in the' opposite' the blank is bent-upon itself along the dotportions 24 and 25 and upon the dottedline Vted line 23 to Apresent the .llatwise opposing i 26 to present the section 27 which extends at an oblique angle to the section 24, the blank being also bent along the dotted line 28 to cause the sections 24 and 27 to extend at substantially the same angle to the axis of the head as shown in Figs. 2V and 3 thereby providing a trough or groove 29 adapted to receivethe cross-piece 30 of the bail-like jaw 12, the side arms of which latter extend into, and are guided by, the notches 19 provided in this jaw at the ends thereof, it being understood that the swab (not shown) with which the structure shown and described is to be equipped, would extend into the trough 29 and be overlapped by the bail 12 which operates to firmly hold the swab in position for use when the parts occupy the position shown in the drawing in which the spring 17 is under compression.

According to the other phase of my invention the rear end of the spring 17, at the convolution thereof which extends through the loop 16, is deflected, as represented at 31, to form a shoulder cooperating with the end of the vloop and preventing the spring 17 from rotating out of Vengagement with the staple 10, it being preferred that the forward end of the spring and represented at 32 extends' substantially in Contact with the jaw 7 and the rear end of the spring and represented -at 3,3 extends closely adjacent t0 the side edge of the plate member 14: when the parts are inthe position shown. The springat` both sides of the loop 16 is shown as deflected whereby, in addition to the shoulder 31 at one end of the loop,.another shoulder 34 is provided adjacent the other end of thisloop. This last referred to'shoulder is not essential for the holding ofthe spring against rotation, but is produced as an incidentvto the operation of forming the shoulder 31.

While I have illustrated and described a.

particular construction embodying ymy invention, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto as. the same may be variously modified and altered without departing from the spirit' of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v

A mop comprising, in combination, a handle, a jaw on said handle, a second jawmovable relative to said first-referred-to jaw, a coil spring surrounding said handle and compressible lengthwise thereof to force said movable jaw toward said first-named jaw to clamp and retain a swab therebetween, a device engaging one end of said spring for controlling said movable jaw and through 'which a convolution of said'spring extends and formed of a iat loop overlying said handle, and holding means at the other end of said spring', said spring having a .substantially straight portion extending through said loop and cooperating therewith to prevent rotation of said spring out of engagement with said holding means.

HENRY TSCHERNING; 

